Medical Pharmacology Chapter 43:  Adult Cardiac Procedures

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Adult Cardiac Procedures:  Anesthesia Considerations

 

Hemodynamic Classification

(Adapted from Pasternak, Braunwald and Sobel: Acute myocardial infarction: In Braunwald, editor: Hard Disease,ed 4, Philadelphia, WB Saunders, 1992,  p 1250 (also, Table 68-2 from Ross, AF, Gomez, MN. and Tinker, JH Anesthesia for Adult Cardiac Procedures in  Principles and Practice of Anesthesiology (Longnecker, D.E., Tinker, J.H. Morgan, Jr., G. E., eds)  Mosby, St. Louis, Mo., pp. 201-218, 1998.)

Analysis of Cardiovascular Function

Primary Reference: Shanewise, JS and Hug, Jr., CC, Anesthesia for Adult Cardiac Surgery, in Anesthesia, 5th edition,vol 2, (Miller, R.D, editor; consulting editors, Cucchiara, RF, Miller, Jr.,ED, Reves, JG, Roizen, MF and Savarese, JJ) Churchill Livingston, a Division of Harcourt Brace and Company, Philadelphia, pp. 1753-1799, 2000.

 

 

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